WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which two areas were able to avoid Imperial rule in Africa?
A
Ethiopia and Egypt
B
South Africa and Ethiopia
C
Madagascar and Liberia
D
Liberia and Ethiopia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethiopia and Liberia are widely believed to be the only two African countries to have never been colonized. Their location, economic viability, and unity helped Ethiopia and Liberia avoid colonization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Towards the end of the 19th Century and during the early 20th Century most African countries were under colonial rule except for Liberia and Ethiopia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Imperialism disrupted traditional African ways of life, political organization, and social norms. European imperialism turned subsistence farming into large-scale commodity exports and patriarchal social structures into European-dominated hierarchies and imposed Christianity and Western ideals.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the graph the two countries that held the most land in the continent of Africa were the French and the British.

Detailed explanation-5: -By 1914, only Ethiopia and Liberia remained independent of European control, with the latter having strong connections to the United States.

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